Deuteronomy 7:12

“And it will be, because you listen to these rules and keep and do them, that YHWH your Elohim will keep with you the covenant and the loyal love that he swore to your fathers.”

Deuteronomy 7:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 7:12, word by word

And it will beהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears
becauseעֵקֶבekev

because

A word linking a cause to what follows: "because", "since".

Where else “ekev” appears
you listen toתִּשְׁמְעוּtishmu

listen

To pay close attention, or heed a plea.

Where else “tishmu” appears
rulesמִּשְׁפָּטִיםmishpatim

rule

Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.

Where else “mishpatim” appears
and keepשְׁמַרְתֶּםshemartem

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

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and doעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem

carry out

To do what is commanded.

Where else “asitem” appears
that YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
the covenantבְּרִיתberit

covenant

The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.

Where else “berit” appears
and the loyal loveחֶסֶדchesed

loyal love

God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.

Where else “chesed” appears
he sworeנִשְׁבַּעnishba

swear

To promise with God as witness.

Where else “nishba” appears
to your fathersאֲבֹתֶיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

Where else “avote” appears

The context

11So keep the commandment, the statutes, and the rules that I am commanding you today, to carry them out.

12 · This verse (above)

13He will love you, bless you, and multiply you; he will bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain, your new wine, and your oil, the offspring of your cattle and the young of your flock, on the land that he swore to your fathers to give you.

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